Illinois High School Grads in Bowl Games

Another exciting year of high school football has come to an end, but if you want to watch former graduates of the Illinois gridiron you can always tune into this years Division I Bowl games and root for the players below to get some playing time or to have a good game.

New Orleans Bowl
Memphis
#49 Kalid Khowaja DB 5-11 183 Chicago (St. Patrick)
#81 Adam McKenzie WR/DB 6-1 178 R-Jr. Westchester (St. Joseph)
#92 Erskine Williams DT 6-2 269 R-Fr.Bolingbrook

GMAC Bowl
Miami of Ohio
#63 Gray, Frank 5-11 274 Offensive Line FR Huntley
#69 Linwood III, Otto 6-1 285 Defensive Line FR Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East)
#53 Sagehorn, Scott 6-3 223 Long Snapper SRBarrington

Las Vegas
U of New Mexico
77 Miller, Bart 6-4/295 Offensive Line FR-HSElk Grove Village (E.G.)
66 Natali, Vince 6-2/295 Offensive Line FR-HS Park Ridge (Maine South)

Hawaii Bowl
Houston
# 13 Farouk Adelekan DE 6-2 275 Sr.-Calumet City (Thornton Fractional N.)
#75 Phil Hawkins OL 6-5 312 Jr.-Chicago (Morgan Park)

Motor City Bowl
Bowling Green
14 Will Myles WR 5-11 193 SO/FRChicago (St. Rita)
16 Benjy Kennedy QB 6-1 185 FR/FR Morris
23 John Nicholson * DB 5-9 183 JR/SOBolingbrook
45 Bryan Jackson DB 5-11 210 FR/FR Chicago (Young)
57 Devon Parks DE 6-3 233 FR/FR Libertyville
64 Drew Nystrom OL 6-5 285 FR/FR Crystal Lake (Prairie Ridge)
65 Patrick Watson OL 6-5 265 FR/FR Naperville Central
89 Steve Navarro * TE 6-2 249 SO/SO Orland Park (Sandburg)

Alamo Bowl
Michigan State
50 Steve Kielp 6-6 232 LB RS FR Riverside (R.-Brookfield)
86 Terry Love 5-11 165 WR FR Maywood (Proviso East)
Nebraska
Hill, Sean TE - Fr. Naperville (North)
13 McKeon, Corey WILL 6-1 210 Fr. Naperville (North)
73 Wells, Sam OT 6-3 275 Jr. Normal (Community)

Houston Bowl Dec 30th
Navy
# 40 Brian Hampton SB Fr. 6'0" 195Belleville (Althoff)

Music City Bowl Dec 31st
Wisconsin
6 Brett Bell ** DB 6-0 193 Jr/Jr Wheaton (W. Warrenville South)
4 Chuckie Cowans * DB 5-8 169 Sr/Jr Oak Lawn (Richards)
15 Reginald Cribbs LB 6-1 224 So/Fr Chicago (Morgan Park)
11 Owen Daniels * WR 6-3 213 Jr/So Naperville Central
48 John Gillen LB 6-4 246 Jr/So Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West)
13 Travann Hayes WR 5-11 188 Sr/Jr Elgin (Larkin)
74 Jason Jefferson ** DL 6-3 307 Sr/Jr Chicago (Leo)
16 Matt Schabert ** QB 6-2 203 Sr/Jr Elgin (Larkin)
30 Dwayne Smith * RB 5-11 225 So/SoChicago (Hales Franciscan)
97 Paul Standring P/K 6-1 190 Fr/FrChicago (St. Rita)
34 Kareem Timbers ** OLB 6-3 209 Sr/JrChicago (Mt. Carmel)
82 Brandon Tobias WR 6-5 215 Fr/Fr Harvey (Thornton)
Auburn
39 Andrew Letts FS 6-1 192 So. Hinsdale (Central)

Sun Bowl Dec 31st
Minnesota
9 Pierre Jackson WR 5-11 170 Fr Chicago (Harper)
17 Tony Patterson WR 6-2 205 SrBelleville (East)

Independnce Bowl Dec 31st
Missouri
4 Orlando Gooden Linebacker 6-0/216 SOCahokia
24 James Kinney Linebacker 6-1/233 JR Kankakee (Sr.)
Arkansas
Dionis Harvey SS 6' 190 Soph Chicago (C. Vocational)
Bryan Vericker K 5'5 150 Soph Rantoul

San Fransico Bowl Dec 31st
Boston College
87 Koziol, Trey Fr. TE 6-5 245 Hinsdale (Central)
34 McShane, Patrick So. LB 6-0 204Joliet (Catholic)
91 Ziminski, Robert Rsf. DT 6-3 244 Summit (Argo)

Outback Bowl Jan 1st
Iowa
17 James Ryan 6-1/205 Quarterback JR Rolling Meadows
31 Matt Roth 6-4/261 Defensive Line JR Villa Park (Willowbrook)
32 Kevin Sherlock 5-11/240 Running Back SO Park Ridge (Maine South)
34 A.J. Johnson 6-0/220 Running Back FRBolingbrook
37 Sean Considine 6-0/202 Defensive Back JRByron
55 Jacob Gancarczyk 6-1/220 Linebacker JRJoliet (Catholic)
67 Michael Emalfarb 6-1/245 Defensive Line JR Deerfield
76 Mike Jones 6-5/306 Offensive Lineman FR Oak Lawn (Richards)
77 Sam Aiello 6-5/307 Offensive Line SR Streamwood
79 Marshall Freeman 6-4/255 Defensive Line SRGeneseo
86 Warren Holloway 5-10/184 Wide Receiver JR Flossmoor (Homewood-F.)
93 Jory Helms 6-2/280 Defensive Line SR Chicago (Leo)
Florida
38 Matt Piotrowicz K 5-11 199 JRChicago (Mt. Carmel)
46 Pat Kelley* RB 6-0 219 FR Hinsdale (Central)

Capital One Bowl Jan 1st
Purdue
51 Block, Ben FR Linebacker 6-0/229Lake Forest (H.S.)
83 Cunningham, Jake FR Wide Receiver 5-11/180 Pontiac
62 Dzolovic, Vedran SR Defensive End 6-3/262 Park Ridge (Maine South)
90 Lincoln, Ryan FR Linebacker 6-2/224Joliet (Catholic)
23 Noel, Kevin JR Wide Receiver 6-3/196 Naperville Central
48 Oliver, Steve FR Cornerback 5-9/188 Flossmoor (Homewood-F.)
96 Truty, Bill FR Tight End 6-3/204 Park Ridge (Maine South)

Rose Jan 1st
Michigan
8 Jason Avant* WR 6-1 206 So. Chicago (Carver)
15 Jonathan Borden LB 6-1 226 Sr.East Moline (United)
76 Mike Kolodziej OL 6-7 304 So.Joliet (Catholic)
77 Tony Pape OL 6-6 304 5th Darien (Hinsdale South)
USC
27 Zilka, John WR 6-4 195 RS FR 1V LLake Forest (H.S.)

Orange Jan 1st
Miami
34 Jarrett Payton Sr. RB 6-2 210Arlington Heights (St. Viator)
59 Brad Kunz Jr. OL 6-7 306Carlyle

Cotton Jan 2nd
Mississippi
30 Joshua Braithwaite WR 6' 195 Fr-RS Chicago (Farragut)

Peach Jan 2nd
Tennessee
46 Karlton Neal DE 6-4 255 Jr. 2L Chicago (Morgan Park)

Fiesta Jan 2nd
Ohio State
34 Rob Harley DB 6-2 202 Jr. Jr. Elmhurst (York)
35 Grant Miller FB 6-0 245 Fr. Fr. Rockton (Hononegah)

Humanitarian Jan 3rd
Georgia Tech
23 Jonathan Cox Cornerback 5-10 190 SR Chicago (DeLaSalle)

Sugar Jan 4th
LSU
28 Greg Hercules SS 6-2 201 Jr. Palatine (H.S.)
Oklahoma
74 Dampeer, Lawrence "Mo" DL 6-3 280 Fr. Decatur (MacArthur)
69 Millington, Akim OL 6-6 300 Fr. Wheaton (North)